Black Chandelier Lamp Shades

And David Weeks’ Sarus. The Sarus Crane is an elegant bird with a graceful sweeping arc of a neck, colored delicately in white and black. The Sarus Series of lights takes its cue specifically from the avian’s bill.

New York designer Weeks explains the aesthetic drive behind his unique lighting: “To create his signature shades, Weeks applies a process he calls ‘formal reduction,’ which entails taking a generic shape, such as an orb, cone or cylinder, and slicing away portions until a new and sensual form emerges.” In the case of Sarus, the underlying shape used to carve the shade echoes the graceful sweep of the Sarus Crane. The collection comes in various incarnations, including the Sarus Chandelier, Sarus Standing Lamp, Sarus Sconce, and Sarus Desk Lamp. All use [...]

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